13.09.2024

We have had a lovely week, for our first full week back in school! The weather wasn’t on our side for our first Walk 2 School, but that didn’t stop Mrs Mather and 11 children venturing up the hill. Our next Walk 2 School will be on Tuesday 24th September, where we will be keeping our fingers crossed for better weather.
Our infant children had their first Forest School session of this academic year on Tuesday. The children were split into groups to create clan flags, they also made javelins or bow and arrows to compete against each other. The children all thoroughly enjoyed the session and are looking forward to the next one!
Swimming lessons started for Y3, 4 & 5 on Thursday, which they all seemed to enjoy, please can parents encourage children to remember their kit each week.
In our celebration assembly this morning, our house captains and librarians were given their badges, well done to Thomas F, Ruby and Violet who are our house captains for 2024/25 and Jake and Arabella who are our new school librarians.  

Music Tuition – starting lessons this term is experienced music educator Nick Reay. Regular weekly lessons are offered on a range of instruments. Individual Instrumental lessons are offered in guitar, piano, ukulele, violin, drum kit. We are looking at the potential to set up a after school drumming group also for children in Year 4-6. Lessons will take place on Fridays and run throughout the academic year.
Nick is working directly with school and parents. Parents will be invoiced by Nick for each half term’s lessons at the beginning of each half term.
Please contact Mrs Knapp initially w/c 16th September to indicate your child’s interest. Places may be limited.

Uniform – please ensure children wear full school uniform every day, and remember all children need a pair of black school shoes for indoor use and outdoor shoes for playtime (eg trainers, wellies) – these can be left in school in your shoe box as before.
Children should ALWAYS bring a coat for playtime and lunchtime. We do try to go out in all weathers, even just briefly.

After School Film Club – Mrs Mather will be running an after-school Film Club on a Tuesday afternoon from 3.30pm-4.30pm. It will start on Tuesday and run through to half term. The total cost will be £12.00 and payment is available on SchoolMoney. Please email Mrs Knapp if your children will be attending.

Annual Flu Spray – an email was sent today from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals School Age Vaccination Team regarding the Flu Nasal Spray.  The consent process is now online.  Please read and respond appropriately.  The vaccination team will be in school on the morning of Thursday 17th October to administer the nasal sprays.

REMINDER: Forms – all parents/carers had a form titled Data Collection Sheet in their child’s bag last Friday. Please complete and return to school by Monday. It is important we have the most up-to-date information, so please do let us know if anything changes during the year, particularly mobile phone numbers and email addresses as these are our preferred ways of contacting you. Thank you.

REMINDER: Infants Hornby Castle Trip – a letter is attached regarding the infant trip to Hornby Castle on Wednesday 25th September.
Our Nursery will be closed on 25th September. Children will be able to choose an alternative day to attend that week.     

School Admissions September 2025 – Lancashire County Councils online application system is now open for applications for 2025 – www.lancashire.gov.uk (search “school admissions”) The closing date for applications is:

If you live in either North Yorkshire or Cumbria, you will need to apply for secondary or primary school places via their website.

Lancashire Adult Learning – the team from Lancashire Adult Learning have organised a Lego workshop to take place at school. Please see the poster below – if any child/ren wish to attend, please can you let me know at the start of next week – at the moment we only have 5 families (minimum of 8 needed) so we will have to cancel.  

PTFA News –
Coffee Morning – thank you to everyone who helped on the day, sent in baking or raffle prizes and came along to the event. It was a particularly quiet coffee morning due to Bentham Show, however, after the cake sale in school we managed to raise £244.50. THANK YOU!
AGM – Monday 30th September – the PTFA will be meeting in school at 2.30pm to discuss plans for the year ahead and setting PTFA roles for the year ahead. Please do try to come along, especially if you have any new fundraising ideas! The money raised by the PTFA benefits all children in school.
Parentkind – the charity that supports school PTAs – have teamed up with Asda, who is making millions of pounds available to donate to primary schools across the UK through their ‘Cashpot for Schools’ initiative –  all you have to do is, opt in through the Asda Rewards app, choose our primary school and shop and scan in store or shop online at Asda.com, between 2nd September and 30th November 2024.
Asda will donate 0.5% of the value of your shop to our Primary school. Also, every time somebody opts in, Asda will give an additional £1 to the school Cashpot. Plus, it doesn’t stop there – Asda are also giving £50 to every school to get them started.

Coming up next week

Coming up in September